ISHPEMING - Ishpeming clamped down on several of Gwinn's top scorers to eke out a 42-40 boys basketball victory in Ishpeming on Friday night.
"I was very, very pleased with our defensive effort," IHS coach John Tiziani said.
He noted that his team kept Gwinn senior Derek Reetz and junior Justin Nyquist to a combined five points and no baskets.
"I thought we played well in the last two games, for a half against Negaunee and three quarters against Marquette, but we finally put together a full game against Gwinn," Tiziani said.
Hematites junior Alex Briones continued to impress in his third game back after a season-long foot injury, recording team highs of 12 points and eight rebounds.
"He came off the bench and hit a 3 and a 2 in the first quarter, and scored in every quarter," Tiziani said. "He adds a legitimate rebounder and a double-digit scoring threat."
Fact Box
Prep boys basketball
Ishpeming 42, Gwinn 40
Summary (field goals, free throws, total points)
GWINN - Morse, 1-0-3; Reetz, 0-3-3; Nyquist, 0-2-2; Boettcher, 1-0-2; Hutchens, 1-0-2; Beauchamp, 5-1-11; DeVooght, 6-2-15; Skinner, 1-0-2. Totals, 15-8-40.
ISHPEMING - Briones, 3-5-12; Mackey, 1-1-3; Lyle, 3-4-10; Zhulkie, 1-6-8; Millimaki, 2-0-5; DeCaire, 1-0-2; Kugler, 1-0-2. Totals, 12-16-42.
Score by quarters:
Gwinn 9 13 3 15 - 40
Ishpeming 16 11 4 11 - 42
FG shooting: Gwinn, unavailable; Ishpeming, 12 of 36 (33.3 percent); FT shooting: Gwinn, 8 of 13 (61.5 percent); Ishpeming, 16 of 28 (57.1 percent); Rebounding, Gwinn, unavailable; Ishpeming, 31 (Alex Briones, 8).
Republic-Michigamme 45,
Hannahville 28
Summary (field goals, free throws, total points)
HANNAHVILLE - Keezer, 2-0-4; Boda, 2-0-4; McCullough, 1-0-3; Larson, 3-0-7; Thorbahn, 2-2-8; O'Brien, 1-0-2. Totals, 11-2-28.
REPUBLIC-MICHIGAMME - Lygdman, 8-2-18; Simula, 1-0-2; Kangas, 1-0-2; Nault, 1-0-3; Carlson, 1-0-2; Antilla, 2-0-5; Tapio, 1-0-2; Koski, 5-1-11. Totals, 20-3-45.
Score by quarters:
Hannahville 4 5 17 2 - 28
Republic-Michigamme 15 9 13 8 - 45
FG shooting: Hannahville, unavailable; R-M, 20 of 66 (30.3 percent); FT shooting: Hannahville, 2 of 2 (100 percent); R-M, 3 of 4 (75 percent); Rebounding, Hannahville, unavailable; R-M, 49 (Jonatan Lygdman, 22).
St. Ignace 78, Newberry 44
Summary (field goals, free throws, total points)
ST. IGNACE - Danielson, 6-0-18; St. Louis, 4-2-10; Sage, 6-1-13; Levielle, 1-0-3; Snyder, 4-2-11; St. Onge, 2-0-4; Kreski, 4-3-11; King, 3-2-8. Totals, 30-10-78.
NEWBERRY - Brown, 4-1-10; Welty, 3-3-11; Jordan Hood, 1-2-4; Young, 2-0-4; Sutton, 5-1-12; Marsh, 1-1-3. Totals, 16-8-44.
Score by quarters:
St. Ignace 24 20 19 15 - 78
Newberry 10 13 10 11 - 44
FG shooting: unavailable; FT shooting: St. Ignace, 10 of 17 (58.8 percent); Newberry, 8 of 16 (50 percent); Rebounding, unavailable.
West Iron County 50, L'Anse 48
L'Anse 23 13 5 7 - 48
West Iron County 9 13 10 18 - 50
L'ANSE - Denomie 19, Perrow 14, Ostermeyer 6, Hansen 5, Magaraggia 2, Johnson 2. FT: 8-14. Fouls: 22. Fouled out: Perrow.
WEST IRON - Ridolphi 12, Stafford 9, Ralston 8, Adam Newby 7, Waara 6, Rogers 4, Pisoni 3, Hopkins 1. FT: 15-24. Fouls: 17.
3-point FG: Perrow 2, Hansen, Ostermeyer, Denomie 4, Ralston, Pisoni, Newby. FG shooting: WIC 16-50. Rebounding: WIC 39 (Stafford 10, Hopkins 7).
Friday's scores
Menominee 65, Gladstone 55
Ishpeming 42, Gwinn 40
Escanaba 61, Houghton 46
West Iron County 50, L'Anse 48
Hancock 56, Ontonagon 40
Ewen-Trout Creek 74, Chassell 63
Lake Linden-Hubbell 39, Jeffers 34
Republic-Michigamme 45, Hannahville 28
Ironwood 62, Hurley, Wis., 57
Bessemer 59, Mercer, Wis., 27
Carney-Nadeau 78, North Dickinson 56
North Central 57, Stephenson 44
Bark River-Harris 62, Forest Park 52
Mid Peninsula 58, Rapid River 47
Engadine 53, Brimley 47
DeTour 64, Pickford 60
St. Ignace 78, Newberry 44
Sault Ste. Marie 58, Rudyard 27
Ishpeming (6-8 overall, 4-5 Mid-Peninsula Conference) jumped out to a 16-9 lead after one quarter before the Modeltowners (12-5, 8-4) pulled within 27-22 at halftime. IHS "outscored" Gwinn 4-3 in the third and held off the visitors' rally in the fourth.
Hematites senior Joe Lyle scored 10 points, while Gwinn was paced by junior Owen DeVooght with 15 points and sophomore Justin Beauchamp with 11.
Ishpeming also won the JV game, 44-21.
Rep.-Michigamme 45,
Hannahville 28
At Republic, the Hawks pulled down 49 rebounds, 22 by 6-foot-6 junior center Jonatan Lygdman, to improve to 4-12.
"We had 23 offensive rebounds when we normally average eight to 10," R-M coach Bill Radcliffe said. "The guys really wanted this win since it was our Homecoming."
R-M raced to leads of 15-4 and 24-9 after each of the first two quarters as Lygdman scored 18 points. Sophomore teammate Philip Koski added 11 points and eight rebounds.
St. Ignace 78,
Newberry 44
At Newberry, the Indian boys couldn't keep up with St. Ignace senior Brennan Danielson, who rained in a trio of 3-pointers in the first quarter as the Saints raced to a 24-10 lead after one.
Danielson finished with a game-high 18 points, all on 3s, to lead a quintet of players from St. Ignace (8-6, 7-2 Straits Area Conference) scoring in double figures.
For Newberry (3-14, 2-7), senior center J.J. Sutton led the way with 12 points, senior teammate Kyle Welty added 11 and senior Dustin Brown had 10.